what is uni-ing doing to your brain?

Notice that on this forum people may talk about "zen" feelings
or about "withdrawal" symptoms....

What is uniing doing to our brain?

November is a hard month to me ... dark clouds begin to appear into my
mind and the ghost of depression is showing his ugly face.

I had the choice: wether take anti-depressant or jump on the saddle and
risk hurting my ailing tendons.

I choosed uniing: the effect is immediate, once on the saddle the dark
clouds fade away.

What's doing that? I've heard of endorphins in other sports
but here I am not running for miles and miles...

any MD with an advice or a theory?

nonetheless the tip is good: replace Prozac/Xanax/@!&!! with a good trip
in the woods with your faithfull Uni!

Bear (moody)


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Good question.

Maybe because when uning the brain is solely forcused on that activity
leaving no room for those dark thoughts that sometimes trouble us, or
maynot, maybe it's a chemical thing?

I certainly forget about alot of things while uning


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I think it's the combination of endorphins and all the chemical stuff
that starts going on in your body when doing sports, and that while
uni'ing (especially on hard terrain) you must concentrate hard on riding
so there's not much room for bad thoughts. Then of course it's always
good to get some fresh air.


edit: ok that was actually a sum-up of the above posts


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norry wrote:
*Maybe because when uning the brain is solely forcused on that
activity leaving no room for those dark thoughts that sometimes
trouble us*
i'm definately buying into that concept
there is a lovely expression in afrikaans that some of the dutch guys
might know
'Ledigheid is die duiwel se oorkussing'
i can't think of the english equivalent immediately
it basically means that being idle makes u a comfortable place for the
devil to dwell
and the same, i accept, goes for your mind


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GILD wrote:
norry wrote:

*Maybe because when uning the brain is solely forcused on that
activity leaving no room for those dark thoughts that sometimes
trouble us*

i'm definately buying into that concept
there is a lovely expression in afrikaans that some of the dutch guys
might know
'Ledigheid is die duiwel se oorkussing'
i can't think of the english equivalent immediately
it basically means that being idle makes u a comfortable place for the
devil to dwell
and the same, i accept, goes for your mind

The devil makes work for idle hands.
Idle hands are the devils tools.

Cheers,

Roger
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unicycling fills you with happyness and take away all other feelings.
It's just you and your uni. Nothing can beat that !

just break up with my girl but life goes on, with or without a girl, uni
allways follow you.

Simon


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GILD wrote:
*i'm definately buying into that concept
....
'Ledigheid is die duiwel se oorkussing'
....
it basically means that being idle makes u a comfortable place for the
devil to dwell
and the same, i accept, goes for your mind *


Hmmm... We have more or less the same proverbs but it can be
misinterpreted as "only lazy people have time to get problems in their
head"

other intensive activities : programming, teaching, brassbanding (?) ,
mountain biking... do not have the same effect on my brain, so I suspect
there is something subtly different.

bear


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wobbling bear wrote:
*so I suspect there is something subtly different*
true
when someone asks me if i can teach them how to ride the unicycle i
always say no
but i can show u how to teach yourself
och!, they say, u're just playing wordgames now
no, i'll respond, i'm not
in learning how to ride, u will reach a stage of incredible frustration
and irritation because u think u should be able to ride and yet your
body can't
yet
at that time, the normal instinct is to turn around to a 'teacher' and
say: "help me"
in unicycling (as in life really) this is impossible
there is nobody who can help u thru that part of the learning curve
and eventually u realise that u must'nt look outside yourself for help,
u need to look inside yourself for help
and that, to me, is the very essence of unicycling
everything u do after that moment of realisation is just for fun

but that's just the kind of stuff i think about while i'm sitting in a
dark room, late at night, listening to the phillip glass version of the
theme song from the smurfs




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Roger Light wrote:
The devil makes work for idle hands.
Idle hands are the devils tools.


translated "as is" in french these make very very funny (and
contradictory) sentences


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I work in TV production where there's massive tension, bull****, and
brutal hours. Most every night, even when it's late, I jump on my uni
and ride. I used to do the same with rock climbing (climbing gym at
night). Both pursuits involve total involvement, where you break out of
the trance of self-absorbtion and are simply present with yourself in a
task. And that, in my mind, is what makes unicycling and many adventure
sports so theraputic--you have to be present with yourself to do them.
In short, the best medicine is being present with yourself and your own
life, as opposed to enmeshed with your thoughts.

JL


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